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Nature, 1897 BESIDES the passage in Aelian about the Scolopendra cetus, quoted in your paper of September 9 by Mr. Minakata, there are epigrams of Theodoridas of Syracuse, and Antipater of Sidon (third and second centuries B.C.), referring to something of the sort. Aristotle's marine Scolopendra—a small animal—is, of course, not in point.
W. F. Sinclair
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Multistrategy Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm and Its Application
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022 To address the shortcomings of the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) in terms of insufficient global search ability and slow convergence speed, a differential evolution chaotic whale optimization algorithm (DECWOA) is proposed in this paper.
Lisang Liu, Rongsheng Zhang
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Whale shark economics: a valuation of wildlife tourism in South Ari Atoll, Maldives [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Whale sharks attract large numbers of tourists, divers and snorkelers each year to South Ari Atoll in the Republic of Maldives. Yet without information regarding the use and economic extent of the attraction, it is difficult to prioritize conservation or
Edgar Fernando Cagua +3 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 The large size of free-ranging mysticetes, such as humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), make capture and release health assessments unfeasible for conservation research.
Jacob M. J. Linsky +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Adult survival is arguably the most important demographic parameter for long-lived species as it has a large impact on population growth, and it can be estimated for cetacean populations using natural markings and mark-recapture (MR) modelling.
Kim E. Ludwig +4 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2021 Whale sharks are known to aggregate in coastal areas. In the South Ari Marine Protected Area (Maldives) a aggregation, mostly represented by young males with a high level of residency, has been described in the literature.
S. Valsecchi +8 more
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Immunohistochemical Characterisation of the Whale Retina
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2022 The eye of the largest adult mammal in the world, the whale, offers a unique opportunity to study the evolution of the visual system and its adaptation to aquatic environments.
Noelia Ruzafa +5 more
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Visual narratives and the depiction of whaling in north European rock art: the case of the White Sea
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 The rock art petroglyps of the White Sea represent possibly the earliest depictions of whaling in the world and allow us to understand the 6,000-years-old relationship between whales and human communities.
Dr Liliana Janik
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Exploring ideas behind the whale images in the Norwegian Rock Art Record
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 The paper discusses alternative explanations to hunting perspectives that have represented the most common explanatory framework when prehistoric whale images or other animal species are interpreted and explained within rock art studies.
Trond Klungseth Lødøen
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Nature Communications, 2020 Climate change and increased variability and intensity of climate events, in combination with recovering protected species populations and highly capitalized fisheries, are posing new challenges for fisheries management.
J. Santora +11 more
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